Horseshoe quoit



Sept. 23, 1924 1,509,563

W. J. MARTEN HORSESHOE QUOITI Filed June 11, 1923 Patented Sept. 23,1924.

UNITED STATES WILLIAM J. MARTIN, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO.

HORSESHIOE QUOII.

Application filed .Tune 11, 1923.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM J. MARTIN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Cleveland, in the county of Cuyahoga and State of Ohio, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Horseshoe Quoits, ofwhich the following is a specification.

This invention relates to quoits of the horse shoe type, and has for itsobject to provide an improved quoit provided with means to preventrebound of the same when it strikes the stake; also to provide animproved grip for the hand of the player and also to engage the groundwhen the quoit strikes. Further features of improvement will be apparentfrom the following description and the accompanying drawings.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a plan of the quoit. Figure 2 is an endView. Fig. 3 is a side view.

Referring more specifically to the drawings, 6 indicates the body of thequoit, of general horse shoe shape. On one side or face adjacent thebend, it has a pair of calks 7 which are oppositely disposed with arecess 8 between the same affording a good grip for the hand of theplayer. The quoit also has calks 9 at the heels.

The inner edge of the quoit, adjacent the bend, has a pair of taperedrecesses 9 with a tongue or point 10 between the same, and

Serial No. 644,693.

these recesses serve the purpose of preventing rebound when the quoithits the stake. That is to say, the recesses 9 are tapered to a sizeslightly smaller than the diameter of the stake indicated at 11, andwhen the quoit strikes the stake, the force of the impact will belessened because it will be a glancing blow instead of a solid blowthereby preventing rebound of the quoit, and giving the player a betterchance to increase the score when playing the game. The flattened andirregular shape of dual calks 7 will give a quite effective grip uponthe ground when the calks strike and will serve to prevent sliding andirregular action.

I claim:

l. A horse-shoe quoit having a pair of calks on one face thereof, saidcalks comprising a curved rib extending along the bend of the shoe andhavingprojections forming the calks and a recess therebetween adapted toreceive the finger of the player.

2. A quoit, the inner edge of which is provided with a pair of taperedrecesses with a pointed projection between them.

In testimony whereof, I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

' WILLIAM J'. MARTIN.

Witnesses:

J OI-IN A. BOMMHARDT, Bnssm F. PoLLAK.

